Friday, April 28, 2017

Staunton,
April 28 – As the long-haul truckers’ strike in Russia enters its second month,
some of the striking truckers have reached agreements with the KPRF and Just
Russia Party to organize join marches on May Day (pln-pskov.ru/politics/276065.html), and some regional governments have begun to
negotiate with the strikers (7x7-journal.ru/anewsitem/94460).

There
have been five other major developments involving the strikers over the last 24
hours:

·A
Moscow commentator pointed out that the strike has highlighted far larger
problems on Russia’s roads than just the Plato system and that the authorities must
begin to examine all of these problems rather than using the strike as a blind
to avoid doing so (ng.ru/ideas/2017-04-27/5_6983_cooperation.html).

·In
the North Caucasus, more drivers are reportedly arriving at strike stations than
have left despite official claims to the contrary (kavkaz-uzel.eu/articles/301827/).